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Tulips (fol. 188v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The border is decorated with yellow tulips, campanulas and curved acanthus leaves. 2-line initials 'E' in blue and red on gold grounds, and 1-line intials 'A' in gold on blue and red grounds. Line-fil...
Foliate initial (fol. 77v)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.
[Beverley prayer book]
[ca. 1425]
Front flyleaves: [i-ii] modern vellum, i-iv paper, [vii-viii] modern vellum. Rear flyleaves are modern vellum. Catchwords for each quire are in scroll cartouches. Decoration: 3 full-page coats of ar...
Foliate initial (fol. 42r)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.
Snake (fol. 80r)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line initial 'I' decorated with a snake entwined around and through the initial, outlined in black and red, touched in blue and green.
Wyvern blowing a horn (fol. 78v)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line zoomorphic initial 'S' composed of a wyvern blowing a horn, in red outline, on a light-blue background.
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1440-1460]
Decoration: 12 large miniatures in arched compartments surrounded by full borders on parti-coloured grounds divided up into areas of liquid gold and unpainted vellum. Decorated borders throughout the ...